Adjustable hood-support for baby-carriages.



0. w. SIEBERT & H. B. HADLEY. ADJUSTABLE HOOD SUPPORT FOR BABY CARRIAGE-IS APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. I918.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

' have invented new and useful Improvements i having a hood, which has a pivotal and a I tion is to tion to which it may be adjusted, said means aquick and convenient sep-' ber of the fllctlOn. hinge, hereinafter de swarms PATENT 1 o'r'row. summer, oremnu, AND nnannnr is. must, or am matron,

MB BAOHUBETTS, ABBIGNOBS '10 BAY STATE METAL WHEEL COMPAHYQOI mmnn'ron, MASSACHUSETTS, A C OBPORA'IIQN F MAINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Oi'ro W.. Smnnnr and Hnnnnnr B. HAoLnY, citizens of the United States, residing at Gardner and East Templeton, res ectivel inthe county of Worcester and tate 0 Massachusetts,

in Adjustable Hood-Sn Carriages, of which the. cation.- a

This invention relates to a baby carriage ports for Babylowing is a specisliding connectionwith the carriagebody, so that adjustment of the hood may be effected by swinging it on a horizontal axis which is transverse to the body, and by moving it forward and backward in a rec tilinear direction. The object of the invenmeans, permltting said swinging and rectilinear ad'usting movements of the hood, and frictionally securing the hood in any posialso ermitting arab e connection of the hood to the body.

. The invention is embodied in the improvements which we will now proceed to describe and, claim. y a

, .Of the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification,'-

Fi re 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a aby carriage havinghood-supporting 9 meansembodying the invention.

Fi 1 is a view similar to Fig. 1, show-' ing t e hood in a raised position.

2 is a perspective view of the guide 5 own by Fig. 1,v and the slide thereon.

(i Y Fi .3, 4, and 5 are perspective views of mem ers of the friction hinge.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

. Fig. 7 isa bottom plan view of the slide shownby Fig.2.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8-8 of Fig. 3. Fig. 9 is a section on line 9- 9 of Fig. 5. Fig. 10 is a section on lme 10--'10 of Fig. 4. r Y i ig. 11 is an enlargement of a portion of Fl. 1. I

Fig. 12 isa section on: line 12-3-12 of Fig. 11. ig. 13isa fra entary sectional view, showm the friction hinge disconnected .from 0 l e Specification 0! Letters Patent.

the hood of a ba ycarriage, these provide improved supporting EAST . amusrnnn noon-sorrow For. BABY-cameras.

"Patented 0015.22, 1918. Application filed Kay 28, 1918. Serial No. 236,155. i I

Fig. 14 is' a view similar to a portion of 13, showing a modification.

; Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 12, showin another modification.

he same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the fi res.

In the drawin s, 15 is the dy and16 bein of any suitable form and construction. he opposite sides of the hood are connected with the opposite sides of the body by adjustable supports, each of which is a duplicate of the other so that a descriptionof one.

support will so ce 1 i 1 is a horizontal guide attached to one side of the body, the guide being preferably a cylindrical metal rod, suitably engaged at one end with a bracket 18 attached to the body.

19 is a slide movable on the. guide 17, and i preferably composed of a metal plate bent to form at its inner end a socket 20 embracing the uide, and atits outer end to form an integra ear 21 constituting a seat for a memscribed.

The slide is provided with a brake shoe 22, Figs. 6 and 7), secured by a rivet 23 and caring yieldingly on the guide to pro vide a frictional engagement between the slide and the guide adapted to retain the I slide in any position to which it may be moved on the guide- To'the hood is attached a friction hinge, which, in the embodiment of the invention'showninFigs. l to 13, inclusive, includesa non-swinging car 25 formed to bear on the seat 21, said ear and seat bein provided with registering holes 26 to receivea connecting bolt 27. The friction hinge includes inner and outer; cupped side members 28 and 29, each having a fiat annular face 30, an intermediate swinging member 31 having fiat side faces in frictional contact with the annular faces 30, and also having means preferably embodied inears or arms 32, perforated to receive screws 33,

member may be rigwhereby the s'winginigr f th h d d ameo e 00 ,an

idly attached to the studbeing preferably squared and the stud closely fitting the orifices so that the side member 29is prevented, by the bolt from turning relatively to the non-swinging s'ide member 28, the latterbeing prevented from turning by the attachment of its ear to the seat 21 on the slide. b The swinging-member 31 is provided with a larger orifice 38 through which the stud 34'passes1oosely, the swlnging member eing adapted to turn on the stud to permit swinging movements of the hood.

In assembling the friction hinge members,

the outer and inner members are pressed v against the swinging member with suflicient force to maintain the hood by friction in anyposition to which it is capable swinging;

The seat 21 andear 25 are preferably embossed to form a projection 40 on the outer side of the seat, and a recess 41 in the inner 1 side of the ear, the recess receiving the proje'ction, so that the seat and ear are interengaged to prevent the ear from turning on' the bolt 27. The boss which provides the projection 40, also provides a recess 42 which receives the bolt nut 43 and prevents the latter from turning.

It will now be seen' that the hood may be adjusted .rearwardly from the forward position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to any rearward position permitted by the length of the guides 17, and is retained by friction in an position to which it may be thus move It will also be. seen that the friction hinges, which move with the slides, retain the hood in any position to which it is capable of swinging;

.In the embodiment of the invention above described, the friction hinges are carried wholly by the hood, so that the body and hood may be assembled by the simple operation of inserting the bolts 27 in the orifices- 26, and disconnected by removing thfigbOltS.

The ear'28 is ofl'set at 28 to offset the friction hin e from the slide 19, and from the side of t e body 15. I

The non-swinging hinge member pro- .vided with the ear 25 constitutes-a supportin member which bears on one side of the swingln member, and 1s prevented from turning y its attachment to the slide. The

opposite hinge member bearing onthe op-v posite side of the swinging member constitutes a clamping member which is prevented from turning 01'' swinging with the swinging member by the squared stud 34 and the squared apertures 36. 1

The supporting hinge member may be integral with the slide, as shown by Fi .15,

in which 19" designates the vslide an 28 ber.

ing supporte for slidably connectin its other end a socket slidably attache v said guide, the slide being provided wit 'means for frictional'engagement with the the non-swinging or supporting' hinge mem- In this modification the hinge members may be either in'separably connected by t a stud 34 constitutin a rivet as previousll'y t described, or se arab y connected by a ho 34, as shown y Fig, 15. In either case the hood ma be connected with and separated fromtlie body by the slide socket 20 and guide 17 the guide as here shown be dby a bracket '18 attached to one of its ends. so that it is elsewhere unobstructed. When a cotterin or stop 45,

engaged with the opposite en portion of the guide, is removed, the socket 20 may be moved away from the bracket and off from the guide. 7

It will be seen that the guide 17 and slide 19 constitute a suitable embodiment of means the non-swinging member of a friction hinge with a carnage body.

As implied in the foregoing description and in the following claims, we are not limin certain ofthe more limited claims.

We claim: I

1. An adjustable hood support for baby necting said non-swinging member with a carriage body,'said means includin a guide adapted for attachment to the b0 y, and a slide detachably connected at one end to said non-swinging member andvhavin at ion guide. 1

2. An adjustable hood support for baby carriages, comprising a friction hinge including a swinging member and a vnonswinging member connected together, the swinging member having means for attachment to a hood, and means forslidably connecting said non-swinging member with a carriage body, said means including a guide rod, a bracket-rigidly attached to one end of the rod and adapted for attachment to a carriage body, and a slide fixed at its outer end to said non-swinging member and having at its inner end a socket slidably attached to said rod, and separable from the latter by a movement away from said 'ited to the specific details of the preferred embodiment of our improvements shown by the drawings, except as otherwise required bracket of the free end of the rod, the slide being provided with means for frictional engagement'with the guide rod.

3. An adjustable hood support for baby carriages comprising a-frictional hinge having a swinging member and a non-swingmg member plvotally connected together.

to acarriage body, an

said swinging" member having means for atide rod attachable tachment to a hood, a

a slide on the rod j and connected to thenon-swinging member,

in adjusted carriages, comprising a slide havin at its inner end a socket embracing an outer end an integral seat bolted to said nonswinging member, the slide being provided with means for frictional engagement with the guide. a

. 5. An adjustable hood support for baby carriages, comprising a friction hinge including a swinging member and a nonswinging member connected together, the latter member adapted for] attachment to a hood, and means for slidably connecting the hinge with a carriage body, said means including a guide adapted for attachment to the body, and a slide havin at its inner end a socket embracing an movable on said guide, and at itsouter end an integral apertured bearing seat, the apertured portions of said bearing seat and ear being embossed to form an interlocking projecnected by a bolt member with a movable on the guide and at its ,v

being provided with an apertured ear and said swinging member being tion and recess shaped to prevent relative.

rotation of said parts, and separ'ably conthe slide being provided with means for frictional engagement with the guider a 6. An adjustable hood support for'baby carriages comprising a rod constructed for attachment to a carriage body, and a hood supporting slide having a member through which the rod is loosely extended and also having a resilient member yieldably bearing against said rod to maintain the support in adjusted positions on the rod.

An adjustable hood support for baby carriages comprising a rod constructed for attachment to a'carriage body, a hood-supportingslide plate bent to loosely embrace the rod, and bent plate and yieldably bearing against said rod to maintain the support in adjusted position on the rod.-

8. A hinged hood sup ort for baby carriages comprising a brac et arm attachable to a hood, a second bracket arm attachable to a carriage body and having a concavoconvex end portion, bracket arm having a substantially flat porthe first mentioned tion opposing the concaved face of the sec- 0nd arm, a concave-convex washer having its concaved face also opposing the fiat portion of the second arm, and an element extended through the opposed portions of. the arms and Washer iordpivotally and frictionally maintaining sai arms together.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures.

OTTO W. SIEBERT. HERBERT vB. HADLEY.

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